Is there a relationship between in vitro drug resistance and level of minimal residual disease as detected by polymerase chain reaction at the end of induction therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia?

Br J Haematol. 2002 Sep;118(4):1190-1. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.36211.x.

Authors

V De Haas, G J L Kaspers, L Oosten, D Bresters, R Pieters, V H J Van Der Velden, E R Van Wering, H Van Den Berg, C E Van Der Schoot

PMID: 12199807
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.36211.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm*
Humans
Neoplasm, Residual*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / immunology
Retrospective Studies
Statistics, Nonparametric
Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects